God Save Ireland

High upon the gallows tree

Swung the noble hearted three

By the vengeful tyrant stricken in their bloom

But they met him face to face

With the courage of their race

And they went with souls undaunted to their doom



Chorus:

God save Ireland, said the heroes

God save Ireland, said they all

Whether on the scaffold high

Or the battlefield we die

Oh what matter when for Erin dear we fall?



When they're up the rugged stair

Rang their voices out in prayer

Then with England's fatal cord around them cast

Close beside the gallows tree

Kissed like brothers lovingly

True to home and faith and freedom to the last



Chorus,



Never till the latest day

Shall the memory pass away?

Oh, the gallant lives thus given for our land

But on the cause must go

Amid joy and weal and woe

Till we make our Isle a nation free and grand



Chorus.